Trump's racist South Africa conspiracy theory

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Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Last week, President Trump tweeted about a segment on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show that claimed white farmers in South Africa are being murdered and that the government is taking away their land. The Economist's Africa bureau chief John McDermott joins to explain what the hell he's talking about and what he got wrong.

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